Important Factual Data and Central Themes of America | From Thursday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/_Nt2CQR0dpA

June 26, 2026 Wednesday night, after President Donald J. Trump refused to sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill into law and melted down at a midday lunch at which he shouted at senators, Senate Republicans appeared to try to mollify him by voting against advancing a war powers resolution….

It’s Time to Prepare for the November Midterms and New Republican Party | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9Q9_15RQ0

“What About These Progressives?” | From yesterday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/_Nt2CQR0dpA

Letters from an American June 25, 2026 Full letter available here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-25-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

June 25, 2026 Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, when Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who led the 7th Cavalry, lost his entire command to Lakota warriors after falling on them unexpectedly in their own territory. The only army survivor….

Who Is Doing the Leaking? | From Tuesday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/KnvXXAkgMqg

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Letters from an American June 24, 2026 Read the full letter: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-24-2026

Senator Tina Smith is a leading advocate for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota. Last year, Senator Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act to put permanent protections in place for the area. #WeAreAmerica250

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June 24, 2026 Today, strategic studies scholar Phillips P. O’Brien gave a comprehensive review of the events and outcomes of Trump’s war on Iran. In his Phillips’s Newsletter, O’Brien noted that “the USA is now negotiating without much, if any, leverage.”

MAGA Leaks, Power Grabs, and Dangerous Political Agendas | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/CZjeu2Q8L1U

From yesterday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch now on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/KnvXXAkgMqg

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A Crisis Across the Board | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/YTJrZ0wtAvE

June 23, 2026 Trump continues frantically to insist that the problems with the Reflecting Pool are the acts of vandals. As Rachel Kahn of The New Republic reported, Trump insisted on Saturday that the pool had “worked perfectly” before vandals attacked….

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Letters from an American June 22, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-22-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

June 22, 2026 It appears to be more and more clear that the Trump administration is mired in its own mistakes. There is no way to spin the memorandum of understanding Trump signed last Friday at Versailles to advance peace talks with Iran as a win….

Answering “What Can I Do?” | From American Conversations with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Illinois Governor JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2VBz5oqt2w

Letters from an American June 20, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-20-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

June 21, 2026 I spent so much time in my friend Mike’s house growing up that I knew his parents as Mama and Papa. His father, Kenneth Edward Nyboe, was born in 1924 in New York City but spent his summers in Maine, where he knew my mother and my aunt and where he met, and secretly married….

From American Conversations with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social — Iowa House Representative, 4x Paralympian, 2x Gold Medalist in wheelchair basketball, disability advocate, & candidate for Senate. Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/1sJ-JDb4tjY

June 20, 2026 The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a metaphor for the Trump presidency. Beginning in early April, Trump boasted he was going to fix the reflecting pool after what he claimed was gross neglect by former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He claimed….

From Thursday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch now on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/9x1w8-euxcI

June 19, 2026 Today is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free…. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-19-2026

The Cards Held by Iran in a Badly Written Memorandum | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/SwuGk9Enizs

Americans Choosing to Rebuild Democracy Through Unity | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n1yq1Nm5U-E

Letters from an American June 18, 2026 Read the full letter: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-18-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

The History of Juneteenth #JourneytoAmericanDemocracy youtu.be/E7UaaAyPqPY

June 18, 2026 Overnight, Ukraine launched its biggest attack on Moscow, the capital of Russia, since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Ukraine’s waves of drone strikes on a major Moscow oil refinery have shrouded the city in flames and black smoke.…

Why Are Some Americans Allowing Financial Corruption? | From yesterday’s Lunch Money conversation on wealth, corruption and crypto with @pkrugman.bsky.social & @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/iKd8wHUEwoM?feature=share

Letters from an American June 17, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-17-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

The best part of today’s political chat is the idea for us all to create a quick video of us saying “I am America” for #weareamerica250 (hope i got that right) @hcrichardson.bsky.social to create something beautiful that is “we” that is “us.” I’m in.

Joshua Chamberlain was a college professor who answered his country's call—and changed the course of history. His story reminds us that America has always been shaped by ordinary citizens willing to step forward when it matters most. #WeAreAmerica250

I am America. #WeAreAmerica250 Steve 🐾 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @250to250.bsky.social

#WeAreAmerica250 @250to250.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social Join us! This is my country!

June 17, 2026 A senior U.S. official read the text of the fourteen-point memorandum of understanding with Iran over the phone to reporters today, and there’s a reason it has ignited a firestorm. A memorandum of understanding is usually a nonbinding agreement….

U.S. Citizens Not Backing Down From MAGA | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/554JbgGnYq4

Political Prisoners Under Attack | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/JDXKHz4kKIY

It’s your turn to take part in the story of America, and we invite you to join us. #WeAreAmerica250 @250to250.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Answering Questions From the Past Week | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/fSmYzTQ-AiQ

The Repeating Cycle in Trump’s Iran War | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtu.be/Pm7ifjRfa2k

Letters from an American June 16, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-16-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

June 16, 2026 A poll showed that even before a fighter launched a slur at former First Lady Michelle Obama, and even before the sight of the corporate branding at the event, only 16% of Americans thought it was appropriate to hold an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight at the White House….

Watergate | A brand new 'Talk and Draw' with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social

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